Posted: 6/22/2010 8:08:35 AM EDT
I know there is that photo of that big Army guy in the mess hall floating around but I think this Swede... ...takes the cake.  |
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I know there is that photo of that big Army guy in the mess hall floating around but I think this Swede... http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/230/n54192697617661937934do1.jpg ...takes the cake. You mean eats the cake right? |
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I know there is that photo of that big Army guy in the mess hall floating around but I think this Swede... http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/230/n54192697617661937934do1.jpg ...takes the cake. You mean eats the cake right? And the fork, and the plate, and the table, and the refrigerator... |
That is a veritable, walking and talking "Fromunda Cheese" factory. 
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Quoted: I know there is that photo of that big Army guy in the mess hall floating around but I think this Swede... http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/230/n54192697617661937934do1.jpg ...takes the cake.  |
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Do you think he has to lift his gut before he can urinate? Think of the smell under that fat roll...  at first I thought "wow that dude is hung..... IBTPL" then I realised it was his belly......... They have people that fat in the army??? 
How does he PT......
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Do you think he has to lift his gut before he can urinate? Think of the smell under that fat roll... at first I thought "wow that dude is hung..... IBTPL" then I realised it was his belly......... They have people that fat in the army???
How does he PT...... very slowly |
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Much as I'd love to dog-pile on my Swedish cousins here  , I can think of several legitimate explanations that are possible.
This could possibly be some kind of Home Guard exercise, or possibly a Home Guard guy joining the army for an exerise or something like that. While I am sure the Home Guard in Sweden has various phsyical requirements, it's probably much easier for older guys to let them slide and still not be thrown out. (Note that in places like Denmark and Sweden, Home Guard is not entirely analogous to the National Guard in the U.S.). He could possibly be a draftee reservist who was called in for some training. Keep in mind that many European countries had the draft until very recently or still do. The way it would work is that you'd be called in for a year or two of service (training), and then sent home. Then, every year, you'd be called back for a week or two to get your training tweaked, learn new systems, etc. Obviously, once you are in the reserves like that, it is much harder for the army to force physical standards upon you - because you are a civilian, who just gets called back up once a year (or maybe only once every couple of years or something). So this COULD be some older guy who just got called back in for a week, and who otherwise is a cook in a restaurant or something like that. Another remote possibility is that this is some kind of program for high school kids or something, to spend a week with an army unit and get an idea for whether or not they want to be in the army as a career. I remember once in the Danish army, we got four high school kids assigned to us, to take out in the field for five days. It sucked for them, because we were practicing digging fighting positions for the entire company (mostly by hand), and it rained the entire time - so it was five days of being soaked and covered in mud for them. I'm guessing they didn't join the army. So anyway, my point is that this could be some fat high school kid or something, and the army is showing him the ropes.
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